CAA officials arrive for U-18/U-20 Championships in Abeokuta

High officers of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) are expected to open up arriving in Nigeria this week before the African U-18/U-20 Championships billed to abet in Abeokuta.   Already, two members of Nigeria’s gold-successful 4x400m relay squad at Sydney 2000 Olympics, Fidelis Gadzama and Enefiok Udo-Obong, have arrived in the country before the championships billed for the MKO Abiola Sports actions Enviornment, Abeokuta, Ogun Affirm from July 16 to 20.   Whereas Gadzama, who's the head of the Safety Sub-committee arrived from his unfriendly in the UK, Udo-Obong, who heads the Technical Sub-committee breezed in from his unfriendly in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.   One other member of the Local Organising Committee (LOC), Rosa Collins-Okah, a 3-time national triple soar champion, has additionally breezed in from her unfriendly in Spain. Collins-Okah, who obtained the Nationwide Sports actions Festival triple soar at Makurdi ‘96, heads the ceremonial sub-committee for the CAA championships.   She superintended over Nigeria’s finest achievement at the 18th World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, USA in 2022, where hurdler, Tobi Amusan and long jumper, Ese Brume obtained gold and silver medals respectively.   The arrival of the trio will complement the work of other members of the LOC, who are already on ground, in Abeokuta for the championships. The LOC Secretary, Sagaya Abdulmumeen, said the day previous that every thing desired to host a hitch-free championships have been put in role.